American Music Teacher articles from October 2005

American Music Teacher archives from October 2005

Pedagogy proceedings: a must read.(Dear Reader)
October 1, 2005... Welcome to this special Pedagogy issue of AMT. The very concept of music pedagogy, and the professional field devoted to it, have certainly experienced vibrant growth in recent decades--in research, synthesis, degrees offered and depth of...

Keyboard pedagogy and the future: lessons from human genome research: an interview with Barry B. Bittman, M.D. and Karl T. Bruhn.(Interview)
October 1, 2005... A groundbreaking study published in the international research journal, Medical Science Monitor (February 2005), demonstrated for the first time that learning to play a keyboard instrument reversed multiple components of the human stress...

Ethical concerns committee: no cause for concern.(Code of Ethics Revision Committee)
October 1, 2005... When the Code of Ethics Revision Committee considered the formation of an Ethical Concerns Committee (ECC), we grappled at length with the issues so clearly articulated by LeAnne Baehni-Schultz in the June/July AMT. It was well known to us that...

Willis Music partners with Hal Leonard in publishing and distribution deal.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Hal Leonard Corporation has acquired exclusive long-term publishing and distribution rights for North and South America and other territories for the catalog of Willis Music Company. Willis retains ownership of all current and future Willis...

ISME and NAMM announce partnership.(International Society for Music Education)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The International Society for Music Education (ISME) and NAMM, the International Music Products Association, announced a new partnership to develop music education and active participation in music making internationally. ISME and NAMM...

Cooke Foundation awards grant to From the Top.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... From the Top, the non-profit organization best known for its hit national radio showcase of America's best young classical musicians, has received $509,000 from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, an educational foundation that offers some of the...

New England Conservatory launches Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection.(Items of Interest)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... New England Conservatory's Career Services Center has launched Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection, a web-based music opportunities database located at www.newenglandconservatory.edu/career. Superseding the existing Job Bulletin, the new...

McAllister joins the University of Arizona.(Peter A. McAllister)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The University of Arizona College of Fine Arts in Tucson, named Peter A. McAllister as the new director of the School of Music. The appointment became effective July 1, 2005. McAllister comes from Ball State University, where he served as...

Rocherolle joins Hal Leonard as featured educational keyboard composer.(Eugenie Rocherolle)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Eugenie Rocherolle, renowned composer, lyricist, pianist, teacher and one of the leading American composers of piano repertoire, has joined the Hal Leonard Corporation. Before making her move to Hal Leonard, Rocherolle worked with Warner...

Yamaha launches new Watch & Learn DVD.(Music Merchandise)
October 1, 2005... Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; (714) 522-9011; infostation@yamaha.com; www.yamaha.com; $28.95. Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, has released the first volume in its Watch &...

The Corpus Christi International Competition.(Competitions)
October 1, 2005... The Corpus Christi International Competition will take place February 16-19, 2006. Contestants must not have reached their 26th birthday to be eligible. The application fee is $40 and deadline for applying is November 18, 2005. The repertoire...

International Adilia Alieva Piano Competition.(Competitions)
October 1, 2005... Under the patronage and the presidency of Renee Magnin, mayor of Galliard, the International Adilia Alieva Piano Competition will take place June 2-6, 2006 in Gaillard, France. Jean Prodromides, a composer from the Charmin Institute of...

ASTA awards Merle J. Isaac composition prize.(American String Teachers Association honors Randen Heywood)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) with National School Orchestra Association, is proud to announce that Randen Heywood, who teaches music at Valley High School and Valley Elementary School in Orderville, Utah, has been named...

2005 Amadeus 20th-Century Piano Competition winners.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Winners of the second annual Amadeus 20th Century Piano Competition have been announced. With more than $2,500 in prize monies awarded, the competition provided a weekend of outstanding performances. In the collegiate division, first place...

5 minutes with ... Morty and Iris Manus.(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Morty and Iris Manus are members of the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND'S Legacy Society. Morty is president of Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., the world's largest educational music publisher, A versatile musician, he is author and editor of numerous Alfred...

The whole musician: making music last a lifetime.(PEDAGOGY SATURDAY IX)
October 1, 2005... The goal of this year's Pedagogy Saturday was to explore some of the ways in which we can nurture the ' whole musician"--training our students' ears, minds and bodies to participate fully in a variety of musical experiences--and cultivate the...

Musical meaning for children and those who teach them.(PEDAGOGY SATURDAY IX)
October 1, 2005... It is always an amazing phenomenon when music teachers gather, but particularly when it is early on a Saturday morning. Gatherings of music teachers mean that music will be made, provocative thoughts about teaching and learning music will be...

Body movement for musicians.(PEDAGOGY SATURDAY IX)
October 1, 2005... After inviting people to remove shoes and come into an open space, Julia Schnebly-Black began the session with an easy warm-up of swaying from one side to the other. Adding hand claps on the first beat, then all three, and, finally, all...

The mind-body connection stress reduction for musicians.(PEDAGOGY SATURDAY IX)
October 1, 2005... Performing music is very similar to competitive sports. The long hours of practice, the physical and mental preparation, the nutrition discipline, rest and skill development, all come together on the day of the performance. Stress is an...

Music for life base your teaching on relationships.
October 1, 2005... The foundation of teaching should be close relationships. The better you know your students, the more inspired you will be to give them your all, and the better teacher you can be as you discover how they learn best, what inspires them and what...

The listening ear.(music teachers works)
October 1, 2005... Your work as music teachers and mine as a clinician may be different, but they dovetail in many ways. The children I help have issues with communication, social behavior, attention, language and learning skills--all being related to poor...

The music making and wellness project.
October 1, 2005... My grandfather began taking violin lessons in his late 70s. After a time, he was asked to join an amateur "seniors" string quartet, and that was when he seemed to fall in love with music. In Japan, the 88th birthday of a man's life is...

Making music last beyond our lifetime.(Music Teachers National Association's conference)(Panel Discussion)
October 1, 2005... For the closing panel, moderator Rebecca Shockley invited each of the seven presenters to address the question, "What can music teachers do to keep music alive in our culture?" Here are some thoughts: Midori Koga encouraged teachers to...

Pedagogy Saturday 2009 IX.(Brief Article)(Panel Discussion)
October 1, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Suzanne Guy, NCTM, an independent piano teacher, and Scott McCoy, Westminster Choir College faculty, offer insight during the lunchtime discussions. The lunchtime discussion groups gave participants a...

National association news.
October 1, 2005... Certification Program Updates Applying for MTNA Professional Certification has been made easier with the availability of tillable forms. Applicants may bring up the appropriate forms on the certification website, type in the information...

MTNA members participating in 21st-Century Piano Project.(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... During the months of September and October, MTNA members have been randomly selected to participate in the 21st-Century Piano Project. MTNA, in partnership with the National Piano Foundation, is conducting this survey to establish how the piano...

Award applications available.
October 1, 2005... Applications for the State and Local Affiliates, Collegiate Chapter and Teacher of the Year Awards are currently available on the MTNA website. These annual awards recognize excellence in music teaching, research and other significant...

National conferences.(Calendar)
October 1, 2005... March 25-29, 2006 Austin, Texas March 23-27, 2007 Toronto, Canada

Correction.(Association News)(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2005... An article on page 61 of the August/September 2005 issue of AMT contained incorrect information. Brandon Stewart's current teacher is Irene Peery-Fox, not Susan Bana. AMT regrets the error.

Eastern Division.(Music Teachers National Association's pianists' competitions)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Featured in this edition of the MTNA Division News is the state of Connecticut as we hear from Connecticut State MTA President David Westfall: Connecticut State MTA offers a variety of competitive and non-competitive performance venues for...

East Central Division.(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Wisconsin MTA held a leadership summit on June 4, 2005, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The guest speaker was Leanne Hoagland-Smith, co-author of M.A.G.I.C.A.L Potential and president of Advanced Systems and Positive Power Strategies, Inc. WMTA...

Northwest Division.(Music Teachers National Association's competitions)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Montana MTA will hold its state conference November 3-5, 2005, in Billings, Montana, in conjunction with its MTNA Competitions. Timothy Schmidt, NCTM, from Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa, will be the featured clinician and recitalist....

South Central Division.(Music Teachers National Association's performance competitions)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Arkansas State MTA will hold its MTNA Performance Competitions November 4-5, 2005, at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Christine Franklin is the new state MTNA Performance Competitions chair, replacing retiring chair Trudy Kincade,...

Southern Division.(Music Teachers National Association's conference of music artists)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... In this issue, our division tour takes us to Tennessee, where the 2005 Tennessee MTA state conference was held at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. Philip Kawin was featured as the conference artist. Other session topics included...

Correction.(Division News)(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2005... A candidate for South Central Division Director was incorrectly identified on page 74 of the August/September 2005 issue of AMT. The headline on Sharon Ard's biography incorrectly identified her as Ruth Pitts from Waco, Texas. The information...

Southwest Division.(tribute to Janice McCurnin)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
October 1, 2005... Arizona State MTA lost one of its "pioneers" in May 2005, when Janice McCurnin, from Tucson, passed away after years of teaching and serving the local, state and national associations. Her accolades are too numerous to mention here, but they...

West Central Division.(Music Teachers National Association's National Summit for leadership )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... State presidents from the West Central Division met at the National Summit for MTNA Leadership in Cincinnati, September 16-18, 2005. In addition to attending informative sessions on advocacy and generational issues, state leaders were able to...

Foundation fund: meet the 2005 foundation fellows.(music teachers' achievements and honors)
October 1, 2005... James Johnson, of Omaha, Nebraska, maintains an active career as a concert pianist, organist-choirmaster and educator. As an organist, Johnson's career has included performances of organ concerti with Sandor Salgo, conductor of the Carmel Bach...

Professional certification.(music teacher certification)
October 1, 2005... I am probably "preaching to the choir," since many of you who read this column are certified yourselves and support teacher certification. Hopefully, you will share these remarks with each "doubting Thomas" you encounter. Certification has...

2006 division competitions.
October 1, 2005... EAST CENTRAL DIVISION January 20-22, 2006 * Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Division Competitions Chair: Mary C. Siciliano, NCTM, 34943 Pembroke Ave., Livonia, MI 48152-1170; (248) 474-3406; marycsic@hotmail.com MTNA...

Polyphony.(Tuning In: Practical Psychology for Musicians who are Teaching, Learning, and Performing)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Occasionally in this column I like to highlight information from a lesser-known book that may be helpful to independent teachers. Tuning In: Practical Psychology for Musicians who are Teaching, Learning, and Performing is a handbook and...

What's new in pedagogy research?(Professional Resources)
October 1, 2005... Have you or your students ever played a memorized solo better in rehearsal than in performance? That, unfortunately, is a rhetorical question, isn't it? What happens when a performer suddenly loses the thread of the music? Were they distracted...

Join the collaborative performance forum.(Music Teachers National Association, conference and forum)
October 1, 2005... Every MTNA National Conference has scheduled times for various constituencies to sound their voices about issues facing MTNA members. These meetings, called Forums, are designed for any member to identify both problems and opportunities for the...

Reshaping dreams: "a life with music" or "a life in music"?(Forum Focus: Collegiate Faculty)
October 1, 2005... When music students show an extraordinary gift for performance and the willingness and dedication to invest the hours of hard work to develop their talent, their teachers naturally encourage them to follow their passion wherever it may lead....

The importance of supporting new music.(Form Focus: Composer Commissioning)
October 1, 2005... How honored would you feel to have been present at the premiere of a Beethoven piano sonata? A Debussy prelude? A Mozart string trio? Probably no one attending performances or premieres of works by any of these composers knew they were in...

Washingtonians meet Estonians.(music teachers travel to Estonia, Russia and Finland)
October 1, 2005... In September 2004, five music teachers from Washington State traveled to Estonia, Russia and Finland to share and experience music with colleagues and students. Here is their story... When John Pickett, professor of piano at Central...

Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony, by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. Dover Publications, Inc. (31 East 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501), 2005. 137 pp. $10.95. Biographical note: an unabridged republication of the edition originally published by P....

Intertextuality in Western Art Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation).(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Intertextuality in Western Art Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation), by Michael L. Klein. Indiana University Press (601 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN 47404), 2005. 182 pp. $44.95. Reading this book is like eating an artichoke. It...

Samuel Barber and Benjamin Britten - A Listener's Guide: Their Lives and Their Music (Parallel Lives) (w/CD).(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Samuel Barber and Benjamin Britten--A Listener's Guide: Their Lives and Their Music (Parallel Lives) (w/CD), by Daniel Felsenfeld. Amadeus Press, LLC (512 Newark Pompton Plains Tke., Pompton Plains, NJ 07444), 2005. 180pp. $22.95. The...

Professional publications.(books)
October 1, 2005... A Brief Legal Guide for the Independent Music Teacher Compiled by attorneys, this booklet guides you through zoning, copyright, insurance and other aspects of owning and operating a business. Members $7, nonmembers $10. A Brief Tax...

Circle of Sound Voice Education.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Circle of Sound Voice Education, by Doreen Rao with Bill Pierson. Boosey & Hawkes/Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., P.O. Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410), 2005. 105 pp. $14.95. Doreen Rao is an internationally acclaimed choral...

A Piano Teacher's Legacy: Selected Writings by Richard Chronister.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... A Piano Teacher's Legacy: Selected Writings by Richard Chronister, edited by Edward Darling. The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, Inc. (P.O. Box 651, Kingston, NJ 08528), 2005. 280 pp. $25. Most piano teachers today have...

Attwood: Four Sonatinas.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Attwood: Four Sonatinas, by LeAnn House. Carl Fischer (65 Bleeker St., New York, NY 10012), 2005. 24pp. $7.95. Attwood: Four Sonatinas are among the first classical-style sonatinas that young pianists usually study, so they easily can be...

Jerome Kern Classics for Piano Solo.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Jerome Kern Classics for Piano Solo, arranged by Eugenie Rocherolle. Hal Leonard Corporation (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., P.O. Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213),2005. 46 pp. $12.95. In this new addition to Hal Leonard's Composer Showcase library,...

Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner, by Misha V. Stefanuk. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (#4 Industrial Dr., Pacific, MO 63069), 2005. 48 pp. $14.95. The title might suggest either a jazz instruction book or a collection of jazz-style pieces...

Poetry at the Piano: Original Compositions Inspired by Favorite Poems, Books 1-3.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Poetry at the Piano: Original Compositions Inspired by Favorite Poems, Books 1-3, by Martha Sherrill Kelsey. Heritage Music Press (The Lorenz Corporation) (Box 802, Dayton, OH 45401), 2005. 24 pp. each. $6.95 each. Many composers have been...

Hymns and Spirituals at Your Fingertips, Books 1-4.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Hymns and Spirituals at Your Fingertips, Books 1-4, compiled and edited by Janet Vogt. Heritage Music Press (Box 802, Dayton, OH 4540), 2005. 32pp each. $6.95 each. Heritage Music Press has created a winning collection of arrangements...

Modern Jazz Piano: An Intermediate Guide to Jazz Concepts, Improvisation, Technique, and Theory (w/CD).(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Modern Jazz Piano, An Intermediate Guide to Jazz Concepts, Improvisation, Technique, and Theory (w/CD), by Sarah Jane Cion. Hal Leonard (7777 W. Bluemound Rd. P.O. Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213), 2005. 123pp. $19.95. Modern Jazz Piano, as...

Music Ace Maestro: Music Educator's Professional Edition (w/CD).(Product/Service Evaluation)
October 1, 2005... Music Ace Maestro: Music Educator's Professional Edition (w/CD). Harmonic Vision. http://www.harmonicvision.com. Single-computer version that tracks the progress of 240 students is $127.95. Current users of Music Ace or Music Ace 2 can apply a...

Leadership.(Nationally Certified Teachers of Music)(Directory)
October 1, 2005... Paul Stewart, NCTM President University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music Greensboro, NC 27402-6167 Home (336) 299-7118 Work (336) 334-5380 Fax (336) 334-5497 pbstewar@uncg.edu Gail...

My musical journey.(personal narration of voice students)
October 1, 2005... When I was very young, I had an accident and was in pain and in bed for many months. When I got better, I was very excited to be alive. I moved quickly, laughed, talked loudly and even sang my own songs. But the time in bed had set me back. I...